Sunday 29 / December / 2024
Millions of Filipinos headed to polling stations on Monday, as the son of a former dictator looks set to come to power in the country's general election.
Although there are ten candidates for the elections that will decide the successor of President Rodrigo Duterte, only two contenders have a credible chance of victory.
Outside a polling station in Datu Unsay municipality on Mindanao island, southern Philippines, five grenades exploded, injuring nine. The region is a haven for communist armed groups and Islamist insurgents.
A grenade exploded in the neighboring municipality of Shariff Aguak, but there were no casualties.
Normally, elections are a volatile time in a country with lax gun laws and a violent political culture, but police said this season has been comparatively peaceful.
